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A new Technavio report predicts the global network security market will grow 7.84 percent year over year through 2019 on increases in use of mobile devices. The report compares products and features for market vendors and discusses what drives and inhibits the market, Technavio said Thursday. Technavio also described the market as fragmented due to the presence […] More
IHS has released a new report that forecasts the network advanced threat protection market to hit $1.3 billion in 2019. ATP global sales reached $194 million in the third quarter of 2015, up 53 percent from the same period last year, IHS said Thursday. Jeff Wilson, senior research director for cybersecurity technology at HIS, said […] More
Teresa Weipert, executive vice president and leader of Sutherland Government Solutions, sees a growing trend of robotic process automation in the public sector as RPA offers several benefits to government. Weipert wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Friday that RPA tools could help to simplify and augment an agents’ ability to perform tasks and […] More
United Launch Alliance has requested an additional supply of Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines for use in the launch of Atlas VÂ rockets to space, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes the Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture intends for the 20 Russian engine orders to fulfill customer demands for civil and commercial launch services while ULA’s development of […] More
Saab has been selected to upgrade the heavyweight torpedo system of the Swedish armed forces under a contract with the Swedish Defense Material Administration. The company said Tuesday it will incorporate new functionalities into Torpedo 62 under the agreement with FMV. Saab is scheduled to deliver the torpedo systems in 2016 and 2017. “Saab develops […] More
Steve Durbin, managing director of nonprofit Information Security Forum, has outlined five security trends that he says will dominate the coming year, IDG Connect reported Monday. Durbin said 2016 will see an increase in the size, severity and complexity of cyber threats, according to the report. “I say that because increasingly I think we are […] More
General Atomics has delivered the final two RQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft systems to the Italian Air Force. Frank Pace, president of aircraft systems at General Atomics aeronautical systems, said Tuesday that “with the delivery of these aircraft, GA-ASI completes over two decades of delivering Predator A capabilities to the United States and allied countries.†[…] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA have forged a public-private partnership to further the development of the space agency’s monopropellant thruster prior to the technology’s transition to commercial production. The 1-Newton GR-1 monopropellant thruster uses a green propellant called AF-M315E, and Aerojet will work to mature the system design for commercial and government clients, the company said […] More
General Dynamics has selected Kongsberg to produce remotely controlled weapon stations for the Stryker vehicles General Dynamics built for the U.S. Army. Kongsberg will deliver its Protector medium-caliber remote weapon station to General Dynamics’ land systems business as part of the agreement, Kongsberg said Monday. “[We] are honored to support U.S. Army and General Dynamics land […] More
Lockheed Martin has delivered 45 F-35 aircraft to the U.S. government and allied nations in 2015 under the $391 billion fighter jet project, Reuters reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Lockheed met its delivery goals for the year and the company is set to receive majority of related performance fees, Andrea Shalal reports. “Meeting aircraft production […] More
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to award a new contract for the management of Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2017 in a move to fulfill the facility’s performance goals, The Associated Press reported Monday. Los Alamos National Security, a consortium of Bechtel Corp. and the University of California, currently holds the annual $2 billion […] More
CACI International has received a five-year, $56.3 million contract to maintain and develop software for the U.S. Army’s Project Director Network Enablers for tactical communications. The company said Tuesday it will work to utilize an agile development and sustainment process to support the Army’s effort to update key management systems, communications security and electronic cryptographic product delivery infrastructure. […] More
